Task 1
The setting in the second half of the story is important because it allows for a more suspenseful ending to the story. Connie's seperation from the rest of her family lets the author be more creative with her situation and also lends an aspect of reality to her confrontation with Arnold Friend.
Connie is a carefree character that thinks her youth and beauty will save her from the things that prey on youth and beauty. She is misled in her vanity, and represents that aspect of society as a whole. Connie is asking for trouble, because she isn't asking for help. She is doing things that she knows she isn't supposed to,but thinks that because she is young, none of the adult dangers of the world will prey on her. Again she is mistaken. Her beauty, which attracts many admirers, causes her to leave the relative safety of her friends company. It is this desperate attitude to be loved that leaves her susceptible to a predator like Arnold Friend.
Task 2
The things that I think are important for a good short story start with a hook. The story has to have a point. Also, it has to have strong, specific descriptions of characters. Also, as a short story, it has to be short. This makes descriptions precise, including necessary details, but not drowning the reader in them. One more thing that a good short story needs is a villain. There is not enough pages to go into their wavering moral conflict; they are evil and the reader needs to know that immediatly. Also a good story would have character development, plot twists, suspense, suprise endings and conflict.
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4 comments:
True, you made some really great connections that I never saw. The connection that you made about how the very things that she values (beauty, youth) are the same things that put her in danger was really smart and ironic. That brings to light a message I hadn't yet seen about how an over-emphasis on beauty is misleading, how beauty cant protect you etc.
I like your idea about not drowning the reader in details, but I wish you would have elaborated on what you mean by the story having a "point."
Good job!
Wow. Very in-depth True! It's truly creative. I completely agree with you thoughts on how Connie’s masks her fear with her beauty and false hopes of protection. It encompasses the story very well. I also really like your "ways a short story is good." You’re pretty much awesome just all the way around. Call me.
Truefully I agree with what you were saying about how Connie thinks that because she is young and beautiful, she doesn't have to deal with the real world and the dangers within it. I think that you did a good job of really seeing the meaning behind this short story. I really enjoy your interesting thoughts, thank you.
I don't think that you could have said it any better. She is misled, much like all of this society and this all leads us down the wrong path. In Connie's example, it leads her to death. Her innocence ends up being the death of her, how ironic.
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